Brief economic corona news from October 7
FHI, Federation of Technology Industries – October 7, 2020
- The number of coronavirus infections in the Netherlands approached 5,000 on Wednesday. The RIVM reports 4989 new cases. Once again, Amsterdam and Rotterdam are the cities with the most infections.
- Two corona rapid tests have been approved by researchers and are becoming available. These are protein tests from BD and Abbott, writes the ADThe rapid tests, which provide results in fifteen minutes, could be a potential breakthrough for the stalled testing policy.
- The laboratory capacity for performing corona tests has been expanded by 20,000 to 51,000 compared to the end of August, NOS reportsMore test material has been purchased and there is more testing capacity by involving laboratories in Germany and at Synlab locations.
- In Brussels, a large part of the hospitality industry will be closed for a month. Only restaurants will remain open, writes the VRTAfter Madrid, Brussels is the most infected capital in Europe.
- Banks and insurers are afraid that many entrepreneurs will end up in debt due to the corona crisis and are therefore launching the Geldfit Zakelijk service. This business debt assistance is offered free of charge, so says Geert Gladdines of the NVB on BNR.
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